MUCH BETTER NOW

In “Much Better Now”, the main character is a bookmark, stuck in a forgotten book, caught in a life marked by standstill in a deserted room. One day wind knocks over the book and blows the bookmark onto the table, separating them. Unfolding hands and feet, the bookmark is swept back into the pages that turn into ocean waves and the two are reunited for a journey. With a surfboard it experiences its environment in a new way – wipe-outs, washouts and nosedives connect the hero to the ocean. The bookmark enjoys the ride of its life.

PRODUCTION INSIGHTS

“At the time we decided to create an animated surf-clip we were not aware of the potential of this project. Over one year we developed a simple idea into a 5 minutes mixed-media short-film. We pushed our limits in pre-production, storytelling, stop-motion, live-action, character design, 3D animation and many other fields by combining our knowledge from commercial motion-design and visual art for a story worth to be told. Zero budget did not limit rather than feed our creativity trough improvisation. We surfed through this production and tried to become one with what we do. To work on this stop-motion project had the same creative impulse on us, as the wind has on our little character…”